---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 151.50-80"
title: "46"
number: "151.50-80"
heading: "Nitric acid (70% or less)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/151.50-80"
---

# §151.50-80. Nitric acid (70% or less).

- (a) Tanks, cargo piping, valves, fittings, and flanges (where exposed to the acid) must be lined with nitric acid resistant rubber or fabricated from nitric acid resistant stainless steel. See [§ 151.15-3(f)(2)](/cfr/46/151.15-3.md?p=f-2).
- (b) During cargo transfer, a water hose must be connected to a water supply, ready for immediate use. Any leakage or spillage of acid must be immediately washed down. This requirement can be met by facilities provided from shore.
- (c) **Nitric acid contaminated by other chemicals, oils, solvents, etc.** may not be transported in bulk without an authorization from the Commandant (CG-ENG).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 80-001, 46 FR 63280, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4781, Feb. 3, 1983; CGD 88-100, 54 FR 40041, Sept. 29, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3703; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 70-10, 35 FR 3714, Feb. 25, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 80-001, 46 FR 63280, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4781, Feb. 3, 1983; CGD 88-100, 54 FR 40041, Sept. 29, 1989]